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The Rohm Literary Agency is located in New York City, NY. Established in 2002, The Rohm Literary Agency accepts query letters from authors of fiction, young adult, and nonfiction books. If you want to get a literary agent with The Rohm Literary Agency, use the List of...

Painted Words is located in New York City, NY. Established in 2006, Painted Words accepts query letters from authors of children’s fiction and children’s nonfiction books. If you want to get a literary agent with Painted Words, use the List of Literary Agents in our...

The Kepner Agency is located in Westfield, NJ. Established in 2017, this agency accepts query letters from authors of fiction, children’s fiction, and nonfiction books. If you want to get a literary agent with The Kepner Agency, use the List of Literary Agents in our...

The Cowles Agency (formerly the Cowles-Ryan Literary Agency) is located in San Francisco, CA. Established in 2018, The Cowles Agency accepts query letters from authors of nonfiction books. If you want to get a literary agent with The Cowles Agency, use the List of...

Root Literary is located in Los Angeles, CA. Established in 2017, this agency accepts query letters from authors of children’s and adult’s fiction and nonfiction books. If you want to get a literary agent with Root Literary, use the List of Literary Agents in our...

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L. Subramani (Random House)

Author Success Story: Eleven Fiction and Nonfiction Titles

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N. Lande (Harper Collins)

Author Success Story: Fiction

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Dayna Dunbar (Ballantine)

Author Success Story: Nonfiction/Business

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D. Hamme (McGraw-Hill)

Author Success Story: Fiction/Mystery/Thriller

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Jim Brown (Ballantine)

Author Success Story: Fiction/Young Adult

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C. Plum-Ucci (Harcourt)

Author Success Story: Fiction

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Jane Jago (Penguin)

Author Success Story: Memoir/Christian

"Before I decided to work with Mark, I submitted my book to literary agents but didn’t get any interest. After I revised my query letter and book proposal, I got several agencies interested and decided to sign with Fine Print Lit, a top literary agency in New York. They got publishers bidding against each other and I ended up signing a contract with Thomas Nelson (an imprint of Harper Collins) for what I’ve been told by several people is a very large advance. What cloud is higher than 9?" [Click here to see all Mark Malatesta reviews]

S. LeRette (Harper Collins)

Author Success Story: Nonfiction/Self-Help

"Mark helped me get five different offers for representation from top literary agents. I signed with Stephanie Tade who got me a 6-figure book deal with Penguin Books, which published my book in hardcover! When Stephanie first contacted me, she was very excited and said, ‘I can’t get your book proposal out of my head. It’s brilliant – I mean, really, it’s fantastic. Editors should be salivating by the time they get to the chapter outline.’ Working with Mark was completely worth it." [Click here to see all Mark Malatesta reviews]

Amy Jo Goddard (Penguin)

Author Success Story: Nonfiction/Narrative Nonfiction

"Berkley Books recently published my book in hardcover after Mark helped me get multiple agents interested in my work. I was able to speak with literary agents from top agencies such as Janklow & Nesbit, Trident Media, Anderson Lit, and Folio. I signed with Don Fehr at Trident Media and a short time later I had a publishing contract! Having Mark on your side is incredibly valuable." [Click here to see all Mark Malatesta reviews]

Daniel Cohen (Berkley)

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MARK MALATESTA is a former literary agent turned author coach. Mark now helps authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books) get top literary agents, publishers, and book deals through his company Literary Agent Undercover and The Bestselling Author. Mark's authors have gotten six-figure book deals, been on the NYT bestseller list, and published with houses such as Random House, Scholastic, and Thomas Nelson. Click here to learn more about Mark Malatesta and click here for Reviews of Mark Malatesta.